Job Description
Department: Enrollment Management & Student Development
Reports To: Director of Professional Apprentice Program, Assistant Dean of Community Engagement Marks Center
Exempt or Non-Exempt: Non-Exempt
Description:
This is a full-time position. The apprentice will assist the Office of Community Engagement Staff in the daily administrative and operations associated with the office, supporting Juilliard students who are developing their community engagement practice. The apprentice assists in the administration and coordination of co-curricular programming and Community Engagement Fellowships scheduling, communication, marketing, and record keeping.
About the Office of Community Engagement and Career Services: This office connects students and alumni to professional opportunities and resources through its Fellowship programs, grants programs, online Career Portal, the Hire Juilliard Performers program, and curricular and co-curricular offerings, all of which help college students become communicative and socially responsible artists, learn to serve the cultural needs of their communities, and develop agency in agency in their careers.
Performance series and events: Hire Juilliard Performers (500 events per year), Community Engagement Fellowships (400 events per year), public-facing events in education and entrepreneurship (5-10 events per year), guest artist performances and workshops (20-40 events per year)
Fellowship programs (approximately 100-125 Fellowships awarded per year): Gluck Community Service Fellowship (GCSF), Morse Teaching Fellowship, McCabe Guitar Fellowship, Music Advancement Program Fellowship, and Combining Literacy Instruction with Musical Beginnings (CLIMB).
Grant programs: Career Grants, Project Grants, Jakab Global Grants, Entrepreneurship Grants, and post-graduate grants
The salary is $16.72 per hour or a contracted amount of $25,414 - $28,089 for the school year.
About the Professional Apprentice Program: This program provides immersive training for emerging performing arts technicians and administrators, addressing the need for practical training in the field. For over four decades, it has prepared recent graduates, early-career professionals, and individuals undergoing career transitions for employment in the cultural sector. This is achieved through hands-on experience, professional development, and networking and mentorship opportunities.
Details can be found on the Juilliard Website's Professional Apprentice Program Page.
Working at Juilliard:
Founded in 1905, The Juilliard School is a world leader in performing arts education. The school's mission is to provide the highest caliber of artistic education for gifted musicians, dancers, and actors from around the world so that they may achieve their fullest potential as artists, leaders, and global citizens.
Excellence and professionalism are important guides in how we go about our work, but we also connect to the mission as individuals in the workplace. We thrive because of our variety of backgrounds and our ability to be open and honest, and we also thrive because we enjoy each other's company. We believe that each employee has the responsibility to help shape the Juilliard organizational culture, and we provide opportunities to participate in team-building throughout the year. Our organizational values focus on excellence, creative enterprise, and equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging.
We encourage you to read more about how we achieve our mission on our website, juilliard.edu.
Role Responsibilities:

• Provide administrative support for Fellowships administered by the Office of Community Engagement. Duties related to this program include fielding and responding to general email inquiries, managing student communication and serving as the first point of contact for student concerns, creating and maintaining promotional material, scheduling performance events, and assisting with record keeping so that all programs run smoothly and for outside grant reporting (GradLeaders, Airtable).
• Assist with and attend all community engagement workshops and seminars through creating and sending promotional materials, facilitating space and food/supply ordering, set-up, and clean-up and obtaining proper equipment.
• Coordinate and track borrowing of office equipment including amplifiers, music stands, and sheet music. Ensure upkeep and facilitate repair or replacement of equipment.
• Greet visitors and maintain professional and welcoming environment in busy reception area with high volume of student traffic.
• Give quarterly presentations to Community Engagement and Career Services staff on research projects inspired by the work of this position, with guidance from the Assistant Dean.
• Other administrative duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree, or related professional experience and transferable skills, or a combination of both.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, customer service skills, an ability to effectively serve as the first point of contact for students, administration, and outside organizations.
• Knowledge of the performing arts (Dance, Drama, and Music)
• Knowledge of and a commitment to social justice in the performing arts and interest in the career employment prospects for graduating students of a performing arts school
• Highly organized, motivated, and strong work ethic.
• Strong computer skills using software applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Airtable, GradLeaders.
• Ability to be a strong contributor to a team.
• Ability to perform multiple tasks quickly, accurately, and under pressure.

Preferred Background:

• Experience working with jazz and classical musicians, dancers, and/or dramatists, as well as knowledge of various instruments, ensemble types, and chamber music configurations.
• Experience with performance logistics, scheduling, or creative project management.
• Interest or experience in program assessment, grant writing, and/or record keeping.
• Experience with and knowledge of community-based organizations, (NYC) public schools, and/or school policies and practices.
• Experience and interest in arts administration or non-profit organizations, including higher education institutions.
• Interest in issues facing careers in the performing arts including awareness of job opportunities, requirements, and lifestyles in the performing arts industry.
• Demonstrated commitment to social justice, uplift, and increasing equity through the performing arts and arts education.

Benefits:

• All Juilliard performances are free to Juilliard employees
• Discounts on day-of tickets to partner organizations at the Lincoln Center campus.
• Tuition-free Extension classes. Please take a look at options here.
• Generous paid time off, including personal leave, sick leave, and scheduled school holidays
• A culture of excellence, best practice, and employee engagement with like-minded colleagues

Nondiscrimination Policy:
The Juilliard School is committed to a policy of equal treatment and opportunity in every aspect of its relations with its faculty, staff, students, and other members of the Juilliard community, and does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, national origin, alienage, ancestry, citizenship, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, physical or mental disability, medical condition, predisposing genetic characteristics, marital status, partnership status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable local, state, or federal law. This nondiscrimination policy covers, but is not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, benefits, rates of pay and other forms of compensation as well as student admission, access, and treatment in school programs and activities.